We will be practicing the various message forms we can expect to be asked to use.
Messages are to be sent any time on Saturday or Sunday, Central Time.
Specifics for Check-in weeks:
Specific suggestions are welcome, especially incident scenarios and which forms to use. Planned scenarios include:February 22-23, 2025
EXERCISE, EXERCISE
We will continue our exercises with a basic check-in this week.
Start a new message and select Standard Templates > GENERAL Forms > Winlink Check-in.
In COMMENTS:, enter your
call sign, first name, city or town, county, state, mode (Winlink HF, VARA FM, VHF packet, etc.)
2 letter state abbreviation and no parentheses, please.
Save a copy for later if you wish, review your message, then click Submit and set "Subject:" to "Iowa Winlink Weekend".
RMS submission
In the message composition window, make sure "Send As:" is set to Winlink Message.
Check "Request message receipt" if you wish a confirmation message.
Set "To:" to WB0GAG. Add any others you would like to receive the message.
Set "Subject:" to Iowa Winlink Weekend.
When you are satisfied with the message, click "Post to Outbox".
Send as normal. If you have no radio capability yet, use telnet.
Peer-to-Peer submission
In the message composition window, make sure "Send As:" is set to Peer-to-Peer Message.
Check "Request message receipt" if you wish a confirmation message.
Set "To:" to N7BBI.
When you are satisfied with the message, click "Post to Outbox".
VARA HF P2P
Set Open Session" to Vara HF P2P.
Open a session between 7:00AM and 9:00AM, Central Time Saturday or Sunday.
Send to N7BBI, dial frequency 7090, bandwidth 500.
Open a session between 9:00AM and 1:00PM, Central Time Saturday or Sunday.
Send to N7BBI, dial frequency 14,077, bandwidth 500.